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RICHARD H. TYNER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNGB, T0 TI'IE NATIONAL MARKING 'MACHINE CUMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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Application led April 3, 1919.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD H. Trnrin, a

a laundry sorting booth o simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object ot my invention is to provide a detachable auxiliary sorting and enuinerating means tor use with a laundry sorting booth et ordinary construction wherebybundles having more articles therein than are provided for in such booths may be conveniently sorted and enumerated.

`With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination oit the various partsot my device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a laundry sorting booth having my invention installed thereon.

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged detail view of the supporting means ot the auxiliary sorting and enumerating means and the parts immediately adjacent thereto. i i

Fig. 3 shows a vertical, sectional View taken on the line 3 3 oi' Fig. 2;

Fig. 11 shows an enlarged detail view of the brackets whereby my auxiliary sorting and enuinerating device is secured to the laundry sorting booth, and

Figs. 5 and `6 show enlarged details of the sorting and enumerating bars used in connection with a laundry booth.

In the accompanying1 drawing I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally tour vertical spaced supporting rods, which form the corners ot my improved booth and which are preferably constructed of iron pipes. l

Extended between the various pipes or uprights `10 are horizontal pipes 11, 12 and 13 whereby a three sided. booth trame is provided. A bracing pipe or rod 1-/1- extends between the tops ot the uprights 10 atvthe p fourth side in order to malte the structure more solid.

Viire screening or wire netting 15 is exA Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 297,362.

tended around the three sides of the booth between the pipes 11 and 12 and between the pipes 11 and the floor. Upwardly inclined shelves 1G formed from similar screening or netting are pivoted at theirl outer edges to the uprights 10 adjacent to the ioor and extended around the three closed sides ot the booths. These shelves may be supported by rods 17 or any other suitable purpose will hereinafter be made clear.

Extended between the bars 11 and 12 are a plurality ot sorting and enumerating bars 18, which have article receiving hooks consecutively numbered and extending inwardly therefrom. Between the bars 12 and 13 and opposite each of the sorting and enumerating bars 18 is a blackboard 19 adapted to receive the mark or naine ot the customer.

The sorting and enuinerating bars here spoken ot consist ot channel members, which have the bottom oi a channel adjacent `to the screening 15 and the sides ot the channel` .extended outwardly therefrom. The hooks mounted in these channel shaped members are designated generally by the reference numeral 20 and comprise an upper loop 21 which has its rear ends pivoted in the sides of the channel and the lower loop 22 which has its ends pivoted in the channel in position spaced below the ends ot the loop 21. lhe outer ends ot the loops 21 and 22 are formed with right angled extensions 23 and24 and the loop 22 is provided with an `integral ring` or collar 25, which slidingly receives the intermediate portion ot `the `hook member 21. Each hook has a number L11 impressed or otherwise placed on the `bar 18 adjacent thereto. lllhen sorting and enumerating bars are hereafter spoken of it will be understood that I mean thereby bars ot the type just described for laundry receiving hooks thereon which are conseeutively numbered.

A' Ushaped bracket member 26 is prothe bottom or cross portion of the bracket 26 is provided with collars 31, which have openings therein to receive the pipes 29 and 30. The lower arm 32 of the bracket 26 is inclined upwardly and inwardly from the pipes 12 in order that the pipe 30 may interfere as little as possible with the sorters view lof the blackboard 19. Y

Opposite each of the bars 18 a pair of collars 33 are secured to both pipes 29 and by means oft set screws or the like 311. Each of the pairs of collars 33 are spaced romthe other member of the same pair and thespace between the collars of each pair is directly in front of the adjacent bar 18.

A plurality of auxiliarysorting and enumerating bars 35, which are similar in lengthand in thel Varrangement of the hooks 20 tothe bars 18, are provided with strips of'rigid material 36, which are extended up` wardly therefrom. The strips 36 are bent upon themselves at 37 to form ahook 38. The hook 38 is designed to be of such sha-pe and size that it maybe tightly received therein above the rods 29 and 30 and in turn be closely gripped between the pair of collars 33 on each of said rods. r1`he bars havev impressed or otherwise marked thereon consecutive numbers for each of the hooks 20, which start with the irst number above the highest number on the bars 18.

These lnumbers are illustrated on Figs. 5

,ping to the openside of the booth.

In the practical operation or" my improved sorting and enumerating booth all the washed articles mixed indiscriminately together from a given number of bundles are brought to the boothto be sorted out and rearranged into bundles. The lists of articles in these bundles together with the customers marks are also given to the sorter.

The sorter then marks on the blackboard 19 each customers mark or name as shown on the list which he has and then places each article in the pile of washed goods on the lowest unused hook on the bar 18 below the lblackboard 19 having .the proper mark or name thereon. For example the sorter picks up an article from the pile inspects the mark thereon and then places it on the bar 18 above which appears on the blackboard a similar mark. The articles are always hooked on the lowest unused hook of each bar, so that as the hooks on each bar become iilled up the operator may determine by a glance at the number above the last used hook how many articles have been suspended from the bar by the hooks. The sorter may determine by comparing the total number of articles upon a given bar 18 with the total number of articles enumerated on the customers list whether it will be necessary for him to check the bundle over to see if all the pieces are there because if the total number on the bar 18 equal the total number in the list he may be very certain that all of the articles belonging to the customer are on the bar.

It will be understood that the shelves 16 are designed to receive the bottoms ot the longer articles, which have been washed, to keep the bottoms of said articles off the floor when the articles are hung upon the hooks 20. The operation of the hooks 20 is understood by most laundry sorters but it may be well to here describe the same. A hook 2O when not in use is folded up to substantially vertical position against the bar 18. Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the pivotal point of the loops 21 and 22 are spaced apart so that when the entire hook is swung to substantially vertical position the right angled extensions 23 and 24 will also bev spaced apart. It, however, the loops 21 and 22 are then swung to substantially horizontal position the extensions 23 and 24; will approach each other and reach the position shown in Fig. 3. It a laundried article is placed between the extensions 23 and 24 when the loops 21 and 22 are in vertical position and then the loops are swung to horizontal position itwill be seen that the article will be gripped between the extensions and the operation is such that a heavy article will pull down more on the loops 21 and 22 thereby thrusting the extensions 23 and 24.- more closely into engagement and automatically gripping the article therebetween with the proper amount of pressure to keep it from falling.

The use of the blackboard 19 and the bar 18 has been known for some time and it has been found that only about thirty hooks may be placed on the bar 18 in convenient reach of the sorter, so that where a bundle exceeds that number of articles a large amount of inconvenience results to the sorter in sorting and enumerating the articles exceeding the number of hooks on the bars 18. It may be mentioned, however, that thirty will accommodate a very large per cent. of the laundry bundles, so that it would not be advisable to provide an extra bar 18 at the side of the irst bar 18 for each customer because the additional wall space required would entail so many more steps on the part of the sorter that no economy would be secured. The bars 18 cannot have any appreciable increase in the number of hooks because additional hooks either above or below those now provided would be out of convenient reach of the sorter. l

By means of my auxiliary 'bars 35 I provide means whereby the bundles which exceed in number of articles, the average maximum number, may be sorted and enumerated in the same manner in which the ordinary bundles are sorted and enumerated and which does not appreciably alilect the arrangement of the sorting booth for the convenience of the sorter in sorting the ordinary bundles. It the sorter finds that he has more than the thirty articles, which may be accommodated by a given bar 18, he walks to the front of the booth and reaches for an auxiliary bar 35 from the rod 410 and hooks this auxiliary bar 35 over the rods 29 and 30 in front of the :filled bar 18. As the bars 35 are consecutive having the hooks thereon numbered consecutively starting with the first number above the highest number on the bars 18, it will be seen that a glance at the number above the last used hook on the bars 35 will instantly disclose the total number of articles, which have been hung on the bar 35 and the bar 18 back of it, so that the sorter may readily compare the number of articles in a bundle having more than thirty articles with the number of articles shown by the customers list.

Some changes may be made in the arrangement and construction of the various parts of my improved laundry sorting booth without departing from the essential features and purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may come within their reasonable scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a laundry booth, the combination of a series of permanent sorting and enumerat ing bars rovided with means for supporting laun ry articles and with consecutively arranged numbers for said means, and a number of auxiliary sorting and enumerating bars similarly provided with means for supporting laundry articles and with numbers for said means arranged consecutively with the numbers on the permanent bars, and means for removably and replaceably supporting said auxiliary bars in fixed position directly in front of any of the perma nent bars.

2. In a laundry booth, the combination of a series of permanent sorting and enumerating bars provided with means for supporting laundry articles and with consecutively arranged numbers for said means and a number o1' auxiliary sorting and enumerating bars similarly provided with means for supporting laundry articles and with num bers for said means arranged consecutively with the numbers on the permanent bars, means for removably and replaceably supporting said auxiliary bars in fixed position directly in front of any of the permanent bars, and means for carrying a laundry mark disposed adjacent to each of said permanent bars.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 19, 1917.

RICHARD H. TYNER. 

